Emergency services were called to the Tesco petrol station, on Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, at about 12.20pm today (Wednesday).

The elderly woman was treated for a minor head injury and taken to hospital.

The petrol station has been closed following the incident.

Two fire crews were in attendance and released the casualty by 1.20pm.

A Tesco spokesperson said:“We wish the driver a full recovery. We closed the petrol station as soon as the incident happened and we’ll be working as hard as possible to get it back to normal for our customers”.

It is unclear at this stage how long the petrol station will remain closed but the Reporter understands engineers have been dispatched to the site.